Friends,
Few days ago, there was this news on one of the local TVs. I found it very amusing at first. Read on...
There is a temple of Lord Venkateshwara in a town in west godavari district in Andhra Pradesh (one of the states in India). This temple has an elephant. The elephant has been with the temple from its infancy. She is quite friendly with all the people who visit the temple. She being so friendly and nice, people who visit the temple used to feed her with fruits, nuts and all kinds of food stuff.
The giant (she is not an infant any more) went on eating all the stuff that people used to feed her. She put on lot of weight. This resulted in some complications for her. She used to get tired too fast, she could not even lie down to sleep, moving around was too difficult.....
The doctor came and said to the temple authorities that they should stop feeding her indiscriminately and she needs exercise to get back into shape. Whoever heard of an elephant being overweight!
They started off with a daily walk of 5 km in the morning and 5 km in the evening. The lady is literally enjoying her walks. She has reduced her intake, following a diet and loves her walk.
The result! Within one month, she has shed about 375kg of weight and she has become quite active. She feels the change in herself and is now not tempted to eat all the stuff people are bringing to her.
The question is, if an elephant can do it, why can't we? We keep giving lame excuses saying too much work, no time, it does not work for me and what not.
Just think about it!
An elephant has done it!
Hope you enjoyed reading this!
Regards
Srinath
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